Goodbye

As of right now tha briefing is done. Lately the blog and its content and my desire to keep up with it has fallen. The direction its going in is not what I intended. But Im not fully sure I'm ready to walk away from it so we'll see. I'm gona be starting a vblog site soon with a good friend of mine when I get back to school. So I'm thinking of a merging of the two. Sounds pretty dope..we'll see

I want to thank all the people who has read my blog. Especially the people who have showed love to my blog and the people that I don't know from around the country who read it

-Shelto

Fly. U-Poed Up

New Joint from Fly. U


Poed Up-Feat Big Sean

NO JOHN CLETAS!!!!

No John Cletas! lol

if you dont already know what im talkin about peep...this..

Top 25 Craziest Beats from a Rap Song (According to me)

**I am aware that some of the songs are not really beats and more less samples from older songs.

25. Chevy Ridin High- Rick Ross
24. Mo Money Mo Problems- Puff Daddy/Mase
23. Knock Yourself Out- Jadakiss
22. We Gone Make It- Jadakiss and Styles P
21. Down and Out- Cam'ron
20. Oh Boy- Cam'ron
19. Go Crazy- Young Jeezy
18. Drop It Like It's hot- Snoop Dogg (Produced by Pharrell)
17. Spit Yo Game- B.I.G. Feat Bone Thugz
16. Whats Up Whats Happenin- T.I.
15. It's Me Bitches- Swizz Beats
14. Party Up in Here- DMX
13. Money Aint a Thing- Jay-Z
12. Show em what ya got- Jay-Z
11. Special Delivery- G. Dep
10. Pump It Up- Joe Budden
9. Cant Stop Wont Stop-Young Gunz
8. Dear Summer- Jay-Z
7. Da Rockwilder- Method Man and Redman
6. Round Here- Memphis Bleek (Produced by Just Blaze)
5. Flashing Lights-Kanye West
4. Amille- Lil Wayne
3. Flipside- Freeway (Produced by Just Blaze)
2. Excuse Me Miss Again (Remix)- Jay-z (Produced by Just Blaze)
1. Grindin-Clipse Feat Pharrell (Produced by Neptunes)

Other Songs Considered: Wanksta- 50 Cent, Santana's Town- Juelz Santana, Who-Jae Millz, Holla At Me Baby or We Takin Ova DJ Khaled, Touch The Sky- Kanye West

Feel free to express your opinions, I wanna hear from yall what shouldn't be in there, what should, what should be higher or lower or your own list. There are a ton of songs I forgot.

-Shelto

Dope Artist: Ivan Uskokovic

Check out my mans (pause) portfolio, a very creative artist who sees things from a whole another perspective, and isn't afraid of taking risks.



IvanUskokovic.com

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/ivanuskokovic

D.O.A Preview

this video is gona go hard! But I dunno how I feel about the nappy hair tho..ha jay lookin rough (pause)

We in here talkin about practice!

R.I.P Michael Jackson

Chris Breeze: Uptown Freestyle/ Role Uh J

hot freestyle...go cop his mixtape Everybody Hates Chris
http://www.myspace.com/crisbreeze

.....it came (pause)

so here it begins...
-shelto

Comedy!

This movie is a must see..

Hi-Tek ish: Blackberry Tour

So now that the iPhone craze is over, everyone who has a iPhone is going to Blackberry and everyone who never had a iphone is now getting one because the price is alot cheaper now. I have been an iPhone user for a year now and I am ready to move on...

The Blackberry Tour is set to release for Verizon July 13. However it isn't confirmed yet and is an estimated date.

Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, single band UMTS/HSDPA, 1X/EVDO Rev. A
5.0 OS
Dimensions: 4.46 x 2.48 x 0.55 inches (113.5 x 63 x 14 mm)
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7600
Memory: 256 MB Device Memory / 130 MB Dedicated Application Memory
3.2 MP Camera with flash
Offered in both camera and non-camera versions
480x360 Screen (TFT)
HTML Browser
aGPS
Bluetooth v2.0
NO WiFi
Black Trackball
Silver or Black Chrome Bezel
Release date: 7/13/09 (tentative)

The only part that gets me is the no WiFi part but I guess I'll live..

Come Support

Come support the Community! This is not for anything else...its pure support!

Also...


All is love...
-Shelto

Hardly Home But Always Reppin

Gotta Support Your Own..Tanya Morgan is a new hip/hop group based out of a collabo of MC's and producers from the Nati and Brooklyn...There album Brooklynati released a few weeks back and I must say it captures the pure original essence of Hip-Hop which is lost in this day and age..check it out..like my boy K-Flo said Ohio is on the come up!

Also before I leave I also wanna show some love to another group coming out of Cincinnati...



Ive been listening to their mixtapes for a couple months now, they got alot of potential to be big and they work real hard. Another artist linked with them is Cris Breeze who is talented as well. The video below is for their latest song "Stupid Fresh", its a hot joint. For more check out http://www.youngduece.com/

Dedication

This is a long overdue post that was promised a long time ago to a friend..well in a way started this blog...A guy by the name of Charles Pierre suggested that we start a video blog called....The Briefing...well upon starting my own blog I needed a title so I used The Briefing. So now I constantly he tells me how I violated and I have to give him his props. So here it is

Dope Ish

Here's random dope ish I've been enjoying for the past few weeks..


Mike Posner Mixtape...check it out



Marcus Troy blog...one of the dopest blogs on Fashion/Lifestyle http://marcustroy.com/


This tee goes hard....ingenius thought for the design..own soon



I've been actually liking it..



A website dedicated to those shitty rap lines your favorite rapper gets away with
http://www.snacksandshit.com/

Dear Summer

I'm Done with Freshman Year of college! Damn...it went by too fast..Bitter/Sweet Feeling...but thats enough with my rant about that

I will be back on my blog grind all summer...shoutout to Nesha for making sure i get back on my grind..check her blog out shes doing rediculously big things for a college student

I got a lot of projects I'm looking forward to..I will keep yall posted as they come along

hmm what else?

Nothin really ha just keep checkin tha blog daily for any and everything!

all is love..
-Shelto

It was a try...

Here's my schools attempt to start a rave in the Math and Science center...administration had found out before it happened so a police officer was there the whole time

Here's where the idea came from...

808's and Heartbreak

I want to apologize for the lack of posting the past month, life's kinda been Kayne 808's and Heartbreak like lately...I'm gettin through it. Got a lot of BIG plans for this summer...that will hopefully decide my future. Right now I got three weeks to push myself through so I can enjoy life once again. I promise I will be back with posts as soon as I can (early May). Who knows I might have a couple of surprise posts before then. But I am not leaving, the amount of love shown so far has been too much for me to give this blog up and plus I enjoy it as much as yall do.




-Shelto

Fly.Union

I found out about this group when I was on the Corporate blog (shoutout to Corporate they doin big things right now for Cincinnati check em out!) Coming out of Columbus, Ohio they might be Ohio's next thing to blow since Kid Cudi already put OH on tha scene as far as mainstream goes. The joint that caught my attention is called "Only One" that ish goes hard!

Here's their new video "Gold Chain":

Fly Union - "Gold Chain" (On Credit) from Eighty81 on Vimeo.

Listen/Download:

Fly Union- When We

Fly Union- Only One

I'm on a Bike

Promo for my schools annual bike race...funny

KING MAG Done?!

So apparently KING Mag is done...and set to have their last issue coming out on April 21 with Joe Budden's girlfriend Tahiry on the cover (if you dont know who she is peep my Wednesday March 4th "The Hills+ Urban=Harlem Heights" post and she's the main focus on that Joe Budden TV episode) anyways..How could this happen?? Ok this magazine wasn't the greatest as far as informational content...I'd say it was a highly watered down version of VIBE with the addition of Video Vixen photoshoots gracing the covers and main features of the magazine. But that is the exact reason why I and as well as other bought the damn mag. But a rep claims its due to a bad economy so i can't be mad at dat. Honestly I think the whole video girl thing is slowly phasing out..they will always exist yes..but as far as the whole gaining fame as a vixen then transitioning it to other sorts of media...well you probably...Wouldn't get far...

Hyped

These will be copped..no questions about it

Release Date: Nov/Dec 2009



These however are a maybe..I can't be coppin J's like I used to ha...College=Limted Working=Limited Funds

Trey Songz- Brand New

Dis shit right here go hard!!! The video is O.D...I dont think there is a better visual representation of a night out at the club for a celebrity than this video...

Trey Songz - Brand New

Certified "GOON"

Urban Dictionary:

Goon
-this word has many definitions, but in Florida & many hoods across tha country, a goon is a real nigga: ready 2 ride or die 4 his/hers, takes care of their fam, not scared of tha law or any other nigga, makin his/her own money legally or not, never snitches always follows tha street code.




I have nothing against Plies, matter of fact Plies is one of my favorite rappers but...What really is a "Goon" and Plies are you really a goon? If you have ever listened to a Plies song or saw a video he constantly boasts about his goon image. But If you have watched an interview of Plies you would also know the man talks like an educated man instead of the southern hoarse voice his uses on tracks.



So I have come to find out that not only did Plies attend college he attended a school 45 min away from me that I am very familiar with.

Excerpt From Vibe Magazine:
-He briefly attended Miami University in Ohio to play basketball before transferring to the University of Central Florida his sophomore year. (He dropped out before completing his degree.) Former club promoter. Proud father of Nijier Lanier Washington, 5. Younger brother of Ronell Lawrence “Big Gates” Lavatte, the CEO of Plies’ label, Big Gates Records, who is currently serving two concurrent, three-year sentences at Coleman Federal Correctional Facility.

^Courtesy: http://www.vibe.com/news/cover_stories/2008/11/plies_cover_story/

So is being certified a "Goon" mean attending college? I mean I have no problem with that being a factor in the description. Yet it seems highly hypocritcal that one could be a goon, who wears a black mask and robbed people but also attended college. And I'm not making that up, Im just repeating what he says in his music. Because like he says his music is the reflection of his hood and him. Now I am in no means bashing Plies because he attended college, I applaud him as one of the few rappers who did despite his success to complete it. Not that many people know that he attended college and the sad thing is that It being revealed publicly could hurt his career because it would question one of the main focuses of his music. But I feel like how much of a "Goon" was he really earlier in his life?

Chip Tha Ripper

I got a lot of love for Kid Cudi and his new promising career coming out of Cleveland, OH, but I'm hoping this guy makes makes just as much noise in the music game as Cudi.

If your from Ohio you probably already heard of him, if not then your radio station needs help..but for all who hasn't heard of him please take some time to listen...you won't be dissapointed

Listen:

Supaswagman

Booty Freestyle

If you like those two joints you can get his mixtape:

Fashion Preview: Summer 09'

Here's a look at what will keep you fresh this summer:


First let's start with a must have this summer:

Ray-Ban Wayfarer style Glasses


These glasses have been real hot lately with the hipster/rock/skateboard influence, don't sleep on this look!

White V-Neck/Tee


Classic look for the summer, but please for my sake refrain from wearing Hanes branded T-shirts in public guys..

Gap $14 link

J. Crew $24.50 link

Boat Shoes







These shoes complete your outfit with a more grown elegant look, nothing against all white AF1 lows but we still can't be rockin them every summer...its 2009 now

Hats

Before you start you spring cleaning and think about throwing out some old hats I would stop first....the latest fashion are adjustable Starter caps, when rocking a more urban look..Yet with a more preppy look you can go with a Polo or Lacoste adjustable hat

Seersucker Shorts

One of my favorite types of shorts, its just something about them that defines a clean look

I Used to Get It In Ohio-Cam'ron

This ish goes hard regardless if he's puttin on for my state or not..

"The Hills" + Urban= BET's " Harlem Heights"

I just found out about this show today. It basically depicts the lives of inspiring actresses, editors, and sons and daughters of prominent people in the Harlem area. This concept is fairly close to MTV's hit show the hills. Haven't seen the show yet but I think it will be pretty good. I'm just hoping its not as cheesy a Baldwin Hills ( even tho thats my ish too! ha)


Air Yeezys



I'm not big on shoes..but for some reason I want these bad...
Release Date: TBA

Joe Budden TV

Joe Budden TV never fails to entertain me, between showing off his girlfriends a**, talking about how broke of a rapper he is now compared to 6-8 years ago, or talking about other NY rappers, Buddens career is hanging on for dear life..Yet he still remains in my eyes one of the most underrated rappers..

Lastly..

The Bachlor

I dont watch this show, but from all the hype after the season finale the other day, I watched a recap to figure out what had happened. Alot of women are saying screw Jason, but I say big ups to the man for being a man and following his heart. If it wasn't meant to be then it wasn't meant to be. I agree the girl that it was kinda foul for him to take her engagement experience virginity away from her, but would you want him to stay with you in a bad relationship because he doesn't love you?

Evolution of Alcohol in Rap/Hip Hop

First of all I would like to apologize to all my readers/viewers/subscribers for my lack of posting recently. This is due to two reasons:

1) School...Going to a school that has the nickname "The Harvard of the Midwest " is apparently no joke lol

2) I dont like to post bullshit...period...I am not going to blog just to blog...then it would be a waste of time for you to come to my page and read some useless stuff. Everything I post comes from random thoughts in my head, I dont sit and try to think of things to post. Anything I post I want to be enjoyable. From the feedback I am getting, I have fulfilled this task, and I will continue to do so.

Enough with all that, lets get to what your here for...

Something that has always stood out to me was the references of Alcohol in rap. Now I am not bringing this up to belittle it or disagree. But I find it interesting because it does a lot for the culture as well as the society. How you ask?

First let's start on the west coast. The oldest reference I could think of granted my generation of music references...

Now while this song may not visually might not fully encompass the use of the drink described in the chorus of the song, it still gets the same idea across. Along with the popular image of a 40 in a paper bag, which is also displayed highly in films based on west coast street life such as Friday and Boyz 'n' The Hood. But that kinda gets away from my main focus rap/hip hop...

Next..the infamous...

I don't have to say much about this..

That pretty much sum it all up..this song was a phenomenon at the time...I'm sure the company appreciated the free advertising..

Now we have my favorite..



Fabolous is the reason why I couldn't wait to taste Hypnotic when I was little lol. Back when I was a big fan of his he glamorized the drink highly in his videos and songs. The "This is my Party " video is a full out endorsement for the drink. The whole video is filled with the blue substance. The first words of the song are "They aint no tellin what this Hypno will do to me"

More recently we have..


"I'm on that patron so get like me" this line will never get old as made famous by Young Joc's "It's Goin Down" or we have Wayne's "I got that Patron in my system, somebody gone be my victim" Even T-Pain has a song called "Silver and Gold" were talks about his drunk experiences of mixing Silver and Gold Patron together.

Now it seems like the industry has stepped its game up...we just cant have regular liquor anymore..

Ron Brownz and Jim Jones club banger "Pop Champagne" basically says you aint ballin unless your pouring $150+ champagne on the ground..Drake even did a remix called "Pop Rose"


This man made poppin bottles famous...between and
No one else possesses more class than him in..it was because of him that people started drinkin cris

It doesn't just stop there...with Diddy and his Ciroc campaign and the recently popular Nuvo..all we can do is Blame It on the alcohol..

R.I.P Charles "Randy" Woods

Today would of been his 19th birthday...It hasnt even been a year since we graduated...Damn man I still can't believe it.. We miss you bra